Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-25

nlH lie Win morphine christmas, IN On
zoe, made another attempt TO Kill himself
o. Saturday, last, at Good Hope. He
walked into the store house of Dickinson
Il iillman, and seeing a pistol on the
shelf took it, placed 1t TO mis- breast and
fired, without moments warning to his
friends, who were standing by. The ply
sic ans say he cannot live. Walter al
ways seemed TO regret most the grief be
brought hi, pious parents, and. no doubt,
rather than lace them again after break
ing another solemn vow, be decided that
he would rather face death.
Last week two boys OF the Twenty
eighth district Of sumter county, who
had got an education in the ten cent lit
eraturs OF the day, left their homes an d
| are footing it to the far West in search OF
excitement and Indian 'scrimmages.n
They are Dave Hewitt and Jim Potter,
aged about 10 and 16 years. The last
| heard OF them they were trudEing along
tue Southwestern railroad track toward
tne Alabama line, living n the woods 20
harden their frames 10 bear the inclem-
encies OF the weather and the .hardships
that will come If they continue their
| course. Their friends are inclined to
! believe that the rains may soon dampen
! their determination aud start them back
/ home.
! I. g. Smith, Chairman of the Cincin-
natl Board OF Public Affairs; Hv. Lewis,
member OF the board, II. J. Stanley, City
Engineer; +. Betty, Of the editorial staff
| OF the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
/ and j. A. Eberhardt aud William Hus-
! seY, pavement contractors OF Cincinnati,
| left Atlanta for Washington, ID. G..
| wednesday night, bearing specimens of
! Georgia granite, taken from the quarries
! OF the Southern Granite Company at
! stone Mountaih, which they desire to
have tested by government engineers.
In southern Granite Company obtained
contract TO furnish Belgian blocks for
paving number Of streets in Cincinnati,
wnereupon Northern companies made
war upon the durability ana strength Of
Georgia granite; hence the investigation
by tue Cincinnati officials.
Early Tuesday morning T. C.Justice, the
murderer OF Goddard, VINO escaped from
HabersL2m jail on Feb. 81, was seen by
John MuliinaX on his farm, two miles
from Gainesville. Justice asked MIN for
directions to Talluiah Falls. The iufor-
nation was given, MulllnaX not knowing
VINO the inquirer was, only ne told him he
was brother TO Justice, VINO was in iail.
| When MulllnaX went for breakfast he
learned OF the break from jail, de at
once started his son on horseback for
the Sheriff. A posse was soon sent
out, and at o'clock in the
| afternoon W. A. Jones and
Andrew easily met Justice In the road
| going toward Clarkesyille, about one
mile south of Turnersviile. They asked
] him II his name was not Justice. He
said it was but he was not the right man.
Jones told him that made no difference.
they would take him on any way. SO he
was bound and carried to Talulah.
| Wednesday morning he WAS placed In
| jail by Jones, easily and J. G.. Crane, He
claims That during the night, while in the
woods below town, he travelled almost
twenty miles, and thought he never saw
so many railroads in mis- life; mat he
would cross one every hour,
and at daylight was only
| two miles from Gainesville. He then
said ne felt so tired that he mad mind to
20 back and give up. John Sisk
another. one of the Iugitives, was
heard from Wednesday morning through
his mother, who says he will meet
mis- trial, and would not have left the Jail
had not he been afraid his case would not
come up on next term OF the court; so to
keep out of Jail for another six months
| he took advantage OF the break.
At Athens Wednesday colored
woman, the wife of Bill Brawner, swoIe
out warrant and had arrested and
lodged in jail white boy, aged about 19
years, named Mattox, and VINO is in the
employ OF Ed smith, the Athens butcher.
The boy arrested is the son of RUDE Mat
tOX, OF gainesville, and he is charged
Win either having assaulted or murdered
son of the Brawner woman, also "a
youth. Young MatIoX tells the following
story: Tuesday Dir. Smith sent him, to-
gether with two negro boys, into jackson
county, to bring In some cattle. They
| also had wagoE along and took turns
riding and driving the cattle
When near Moons shop, on the North
eastern railroad, the Brawner boy, who
was walking, ordered him TO dismount
from the wagon and let him ride. This
Mattox refused to do, when the negroes
began to abuse him. That resulted in a
difficulty and the throwing OF rocks. At
last The two boys clnched, when the ne
gro drew pistol that he carried in his
pocket and snapped it three times in
MaJtox's face. Tue weapon failing to go
of, the negro then struck the white boy
over the head twice with it with great
force, the blows from which are seen on
each side OF his head. Mattox says he
then drew his knife, and, opening
the blade made drive at his assailant,
cutting him across the temple. The wound
Dled profusely, but he did not consider it
by any means serious. The negro, who
was not in tue fight, is said to have gone
home with MattoX, but he was not to be
found w ednesday. The, wounded boy is
missing, and has not been seen since the
difficulty. MattoX says he lett home and
walked away, saying that he did not in
tend to 10 back TO Athens. The negro
boys mother, the Brawner woman, be-
lieves that Mattox has murdered her son,
and concealed his body, and hence she
had him arrested.